Trisha Gupta

Trisha Gupta is a contemporary artist, community activist, and educator. Her Indian-American heritage heavily influences her work, and she explores themes of mental health and immigration. 

Trisha’s dedication to preserving traditional folk art and fine Indian printmaking is a cornerstone of her practice. After being trained in the Western tradition of woodblock printing, she returned to Ahmedabad to delve into the art of Indian Woodblock carving.  She has since made it a part of her practice to teach Asian printmaking processes like Indian woodblock printing and viscosity, sharing her expertise with institutions such as the Smithsonian, the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, and Pyramid Atlantic.

She believes in art as a platform for social change. As an Occupational Therapy candidate at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York,  she has taught art to diverse populations in schools, homeless shelters, and off  Rikers Island. She has also run events at the Sandy Spring Museum and VisArts in partnership with Amnesty International. Her project,  A Table for Everyone,  hosted community dinners and public art projects to introduce new immigrants to the community. She has also created public programming for museums like the KidMuseum to promote South Asian Printmaking.

She received her graduate degree from MICA in 2024. Her work is listed in the New York Public Library collection, the Art Students League, and in collections internationally and domestically.